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Table Of Contents
- Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Installation
- View Administrator
- Virtual Desktop Deployment
- Client Management
- View Client and View Portal
- Client Connections from the Internet
- Creating SSL Server Certificates
- Using Existing SSL Certificates
- Smart Card Authentication
- RSA SecurID Authentication
- View Client Command Line Options
- Virtual Printing
- View Composer
- Offline Desktop
- Component Policies
- Unified Access
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Index
View Manager Administration Guide
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6EnsurethattheConnecttoSQLServertoobtaindefaultsettingsforthe
additionalconfigurationoptionscheckboxisselectedandselectoneofthe
followingoptions:
IfyouareusinglocalSQLServer ,selectWindowsNTauthentication.Itisalso
knownas“trustedauthentication”andissupportedonlyiftheSQLServeris
runningonthesamesystemastheVirtualCenterServer.
IfyouareusingremoteSQLServer,selectSQLServerauthentication.
WindowsNTauthenticationisnotsupportedonremoteSQLservers.
ClickNext
7EnabletheChangethedefaultdatabasetocheckboxandselectthenameofthe
databaseyouhavecreatedforthelinkedclonedesktopsfromtheassociatedlist(in
thisexampl
e,linkedClone).ClickNext.
8ClickFinish>OK.
9ClickOKtoclosetheMicrosoftODBCDataSourceAdministratordialog.
Preparing a Parent VM
TheParentVMisusedbylinkedclonedesktopsasthebaseimageforeachlinked
desktopclone.ForaParentVMtobeusedbyViewManagerinalinkedclonedesktop
deployment,youmustfirstinstalltheViewAgentonitsoperatingsystem.
Makesurethatyouhaveadministrativerightstoth
eParentVMandthatthefollowing
prerequisitesareinplace.EnsurethattheParentVM:
IsjoinedtotheActiveDirectorydomaininwhichyouwantlinkedclonedesktops
toreside.
Networkingsettings(proxies,andsoforth)areproperlyconfigured.
UsesDHCPinordertoacquireitsIPaddress.
SystemdiskisbeattachedtotheSCSI(0:0)VirtualDeviceNode.Thispropertycan
beconfiguredfromwithinVirtualCenter .
Operatingsystempowersettingsaresettoremainonatalltimes.